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<H2>OS and machine identification</H2>
<P>These procedures return strings that are supposed to identify the current
 OS and machine.
The POSIX standard does not indicate the format of the strings.
The procedures are in structures <CODE>posix-platform-names</CODE> and <CODE>posix</CODE>.
<P><UL><LI><CODE>(os-name<I></I>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<I>string</I></CODE><A NAME="1">&nbsp;</A>
<LI><CODE>(os-node-name<I></I>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<I>string</I></CODE><A NAME="2">&nbsp;</A>
<LI><CODE>(os-release-name<I></I>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<I>string</I></CODE><A NAME="3">&nbsp;</A>
<LI><CODE>(os-version-name<I></I>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<I>string</I></CODE><A NAME="4">&nbsp;</A>
<LI><CODE>(machine-name<I></I>)&nbsp;-&gt;&nbsp;<I>string</I></CODE><A NAME="5">&nbsp;</A>
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